The
Smarhon-based “Svetly Shliakh” local government-owned newspaper has finally
published the executive committee’s official decision on authorized election
campaigning locations, says human rights defender Ales Dzerhachou. Meanwhile,
the executive committee’s official web-site has not yet started to cover the
forthcoming elections.

On the face
of it, the decision is fairly liberal, as it only mentions three locations
banned for holding election campaigning events. However, the venues are the
most famous ones and were previously used for staging election pickets.

The
web-site of Slonim district executive committee has but one article dealing
with the parliamentary elections. It enumerates the locations prohibited for
holding election events. The decision covers the entire town center, together
with Slonim markets. Meanwhile it is yet unknown where candidates are allowed
to canvass for votes.